STRONGS NUMBER H4599


Word Summary
mayan or mayeno or mayanah: a spring
Original Word: מַעְיָן
Transliteration: mayan or mayeno or mayanah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-yawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a spring
Meaning: a fountain, a source
Strong's Concordance
fountain, spring, well

Or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}; or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from ayin (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction) -- fountain, spring, well.

see HEBREW ayin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4599. mayan

or mayeno or mayanah מַעְיָןnoun masculineProverbs 8:24 spring; — absolute ׳מPsalm 74:15 +; construct מַעְיַן2 Kings 3:25 +, מַעְיְנוֺPsalm 114:8 (Ges§ 90n); suffix מַעְיָנוֺHosea 13:15; plural מַעְיָנוֺתIsaiah 41:18 +, מַעְיָנִיםPsalm 104:10; construct מַעְיְנוֺתGenesis 7:11 +, מַעְיְנֵי1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 3:19, מַעַיְנֵיIsaiah 12:3; suffix מַעְיָנִיPsalm 87:7 (but see below), מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָProverbs 5:16; — spring, construct before מַיִם1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 3:19, 25; Joshua 15:9; 18:15 (both P), Psalm 114:8, compare Proverbs 8:24; ׳מַע‎ alone Isaiah 41:18; Leviticus 11:36 (P), Psalm 74:15; 104:10; 2 Chronicles 32:4, compare Joel 4:18 (in eschatological picture); in simile Proverbs 25:26; ׳מ תְּהוֺםGenesis 7:11; 8:2 (compare Proverbs 8:28); figurative of source of happiness, enjoyment Hosea 13:15 ("" מְקוֺרוֺPsalm 84:7; Proverbs 5:16 (of wife, see Toy), compare ׳מ חָתוּםSong of Solomon 4:12, ׳מ גַּנִּים‎; 4:15; also Psalm 87:7 (si vera lectio; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of מָעוֺןdwelling; ׳מ הַיְשׁוּעָהIsaiah 12:3.

I. [עִיף‎] = II. עוּף‎ q. v. for עֵיפַי עֵיפָה,‎ etc.